"Gay Puree' BIG GOLDEN BOOK illustration

Gorgeous original painted art for interior to "Gay Puree' BIG GOLDEN BOOK based on cult-classic animated film with voice of Judy Garland in her only animated film role. Directed by Abe Levitow ably assisted by the GREAT Chuck Jones (behind-the-scenes director of key scenes) who was the PRODUCER of the film...to top it off it was done for UPA pictures.....QUICK NOTE: Western Publishing Company (Whitman) had a virtual lock on any 'Authorized' cartoon, comic, movie or TV character being published in coloring book, activity book or books in general, form that extended from the 40's through the 60's. any purchaser of such books were extremely fortunate because the artists used for these endeavors were top-flight animators, background artists or comic illustrators par Supreme. MOST had tie-ins to the characters they were drawing i. e., Walter Lantz animators were used on the Woody Woodpecker/Andy Panda stuff....Warner Bros. animators on the Bugs and Porky stuff, etc.......they were NOT in-house hacks........